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Petrofilex from near Boston

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 23, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Aug 1809

Additional Source Text:

Notes:

Silvain Godon (ca. 1774-1840) was a French mineralogist who settled in Philadelphia in 1809 and gave lectures at Peale's Museum until he had a mental breakdown in 1810.

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